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Re:With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, th... by TheDong on Sunday January 28, 2018 @05:38PM (#16254014)
As silly as it sounds, strangers on the road or houses you pass by aren't human

Social media / instagram / etc allow the other party to feel human to you, at which point you can easily get into the thought of "They're not really better than me, are they? Why is their life so gilded"..

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Re:With teen mental health deteriorating over five years, th... by jimmaswell on Sunday January 28, 2018 @05:47PM (#16254064)
I knew kids with huge houses and rich parents as a kid and I didn't feel more strongly about it than "this house/pool/whatever is pretty cool". Maybe "gee I wish I had every video game console too" at most. In high school too mosy people I knew were materially better off. It never gave me a complex about it. It's just life, almost everybody can find examples of people with more money.
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